Martial Arts

12/4/2023 |  EXEC: UK Retail Foot Traffic Rebounds in November (SGB UPDATE) After suggesting that the UK retail market was hampered by stalled consumer spending in October, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reportedly saw a recovery in foot traffic (footfall) in November, with total UK foot traffic down 0.7 percent year-over-year (Y0Y) for the four-week period ended November 25, a clear improvement from 5.7 percent decline posted in October.

10/11/2023 |  Saudi Sports Profile Grows Further With First-Ever UFC Event (Front Office Sports)

• MMA property set to bring event to country in March
• Newly finalized deal adds to efforts in other sports such as soccer, golf, and boxing

Saudi Arabia’s closely watched and hotly debated sports profile will grow even bigger next year when UFC brings an event to the country.

9/22/2023 |  Spat over visas for Indian Asian Games athletes sparks diplomatic row between New Delhi and Beijing (Associated Press (AP)) HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A long-standing border dispute between India and China has left three Indian martial arts competitors stranded at home and unable to make it to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, while sparking a diplomatic row Friday between the two countries.
The three women wushu athletes are from India’s eastern Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims in its entirety. Unlike the rest of India’s athletes competing at this year’s games who were given Asian Games badges that also serve as visas to enter China, the three were given visas stapled to their passports. 

9/15/2023 |  USA Judo 2024 Junior Olympic Championships Awarded to Pittsburgh (SportsTravel) The 2024 USA Judo Junior Olympic Championships will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from June 21–23.
The Junior Olympic National Championships will be held from June 21–22 with the International Championships on June 23 with nearly 1,000 athletes ages 5–20. The Junior Olympics will be held in conjunction with USA Weightlifting’s National Championships Week, which will draw 1,600 junior, senior and masters competitors with competition for both sports being held in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

9/12/2023 |  Mixed martial arts investment latest example of Saudi Arabia’s foray into global sports (Associated Press (AP)) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s most recent venture into the global sports scene — purchasing a stake in the Professional Fighters League — is yet another example of the oil-rich kingdom using athletics to increase its influence.